{"code":"PEN","codeName":"Penal Code","section":"11149.3","citation":"Pen. Code, § 11149.3","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006. - 14315.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4"},{"name":"TITLE 1. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS [11006. - 11482.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 1.5. National Search of Criminal Records [11145. - 11149.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/part-4/title-1/chapter-1.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1222, Sec. 2.   Effective September 22, 1982.   Conditionally inoperative by Sec. 3 of Ch. 1222.","effective":"1982-09-22","html":"<p>Any vendor or employee of a vendor who knowingly furnishes a record or information obtained from a record to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record or information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned in a county jail for not more than one year, or both.</p>","text":"Any vendor or employee of a vendor who knowingly furnishes a record or information obtained from a record to a person who is not authorized by law to receive the record or information shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and fined not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or imprisoned in a county jail for not more than one year, or both.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/penal-code/national-search-of-criminal-records-11149-3","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}